Though the view should be as vast as the sky, keep your conduct as fine as barley flour.

Understanding at the intellectual level is not enough. There must be experience at the actual level.

We need to learn to let our emotions pass through us like waves, without getting caught in their undertow.

In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.

When we get too caught up in the busyness of the world, we lose connection with one another – and ourselves.

Mindfulness isn't difficult, we just need to remember to do it.

The key to happiness is inner peace. The greatest obstacles to inner peace are disturbing emotions such as anger, attachment, fear and suspicion.

To see the truth, do not be for or against. The struggle between for and against is the mind's worst disease.

If it isn't good, let it die. If it doesn't die, make it good.

Every small positive change we make in ourselves repays us in confidence in the future.

The things that matter most in our lives are not fantastic or grand. They are the moments when we touch one another.

If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?

True peace comes not from controlling the world, but from letting go of control.

The practice of meditation requires both energy and patience, both effort and relaxation.

The purpose of meditation is to make our mind calm and peaceful. If our mind is peaceful, we will be free from worries and mental discomfort.

Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.

We practice to learn how to let go, not how to increase our holding on to things.

Each breath is a new beginning, a fresh opportunity to awaken.

Don't try to change the world. First, change yourself.

The spiritual journey is not about heaven and finally getting to a place that's really swell.

The cave I live in is empty and so is my mind. I live simply and at ease.

Right practice is steady practice. Whether you feel lazy or diligent, just keep practicing.

You are the sky. Everything else is just the weather.

Our true nature is like a diamond - pure, brilliant, and indestructible. No matter how much dirt covers it, its essential nature remains unchanged.

Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.

A pure mind is always full of love - real love for all others.

We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.

Conquer anger with non-anger. Conquer evil with good. Conquer stinginess with giving. Conquer deceit with truth.

Nothing can harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts.

It is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others.

The biggest prison is the one we build in our own mind.

The more you suffer the deeper grows your character, and with the deepening of your character you read the more penetratingly into the secrets of life.

The heart of one who practices is like the earth. No matter what they throw on it, the earth remains unchanged.